Miyoko Sakashita, Oceans Program Director at the Center for Biological Diversity

Antonia Juhasz, independent journalist who’s written several books about the politics of oil. Just out with an article in Harper’s looking at the long-term impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill, and an article article at rollingstone.com covering the movement in Seattle to blockade an oil rig destined for Alaska

*We requested an interview with a representative of Plains All American, the owner of the pipeline that ruptured, via the joint response center at Refugio Beach–they said no-one from the company was available during our broadcast. We also reached out to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration, which is the federal agency that oversees this particular pipeline — we’d received no response by airtime.